Event Details

AlligatorZone is where kids meet cool startups. This is a program for all ages 7 and above. Children and youth, as well as their accompanying families can meet and talk to startup founders in a community-gathering that celebrates entrepreneurship. Guide the entrepreneurs so they can avoid the metaphorical alligators that can hurt their enterprise. Steer them successfully across the AlligatorZone and participate in local innovation in a unique and exciting way. Bring your entire family along to learn about the local startups' offerings, and exchange perspectives with the founders in a live interactive exchange. We encourage grown-ups in the audience to join the kids in asking the entrepreneurs questions about their offerings and, of course, voicing their opinions and suggestions. See videos and pictures of AlligatorZone sessions at twitter.com/alligatorzone, facebook.com/alligatorzone.org and AlligatorZone.org.

Andrew Song, Co-founder, Magic Instruments, which makes a new type of guitar you can pick up and play by giving you musical superpowers that make it possible for you to play your first song in the time it takes you to finish your juice box.

AMBASSADOR OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AND YOUTH:

AlligatorZone has been testing a special initiative to provide leadership opportunities to kids, and is offered in select cities. This initiative is called 'AlligatorZone Ambassador''. Read about it at http://www.alligatorzone.org/parents/ambassador/. Add your information to the wait-list at http://goo.gl/forms/pXSjYQpvEZ after you reserve your seats if you want your kids / youth to be considered for the initiative (first-come first-served basis).

IMPORTANT: By Registering for this Event, You Agree to the Following Parent / Guardian Release:

For everyone’s safety and well-being, we require that all children be monitored by their parent, legal guardian, or an adult appointed by a legal guardian (“guardian”). We expect guardians to watch over their children and to accompany them to and from the venue that hosts the AlligatorZone Product Show-and-Tell event. Although formal background checks have not been conducted, we respect our entrepreneurs and are confident that the event will be a rewarding experience for the entire family when parents and guardians actively participate.

Please be aware that photographs and videos may be taken on behalf of AlligatorZone and/or the institution hosting the Product Show-and-Tell event. These photos and videos may be used to promote or further the purposes of AlligatorZone and its programming. For example, AlligatorZone may post the videos and/or photographs online to benefit a larger audience. Aside from the information provided on the Eventbrite registration for this event, AlligatorZone does not collect additional, personally identifying information. All other information collected is not on behalf of AlligatorZone.

By registering for seats, you (the guardian) are agreeing that you have the right to contract for the minor(s) in your care and that you agree to accompany and monitor the minor(s) throughout the event. You agree that AlligatorZone may use the names, likenesses, photographic images, and voices of yourself and the children you accompany. If you or the child you accompany creates content for AlligatorZone, you assign all rights to AlligatorZone. You also agree that, in the unlikely event of injury, harm, or other litigable instance, you and the minors you accompany waive your rights to hold AlligatorZone liable. By registering for this event, you are agreeing to the above release.

AlligatorZone™ is a social-impact program, co-sponsored by SiliconGlades, a design and innovation firm helping business organizations grow through social impact, making it available for free to the community with the support of Mountain View Public Library, Mountain View, California who kindly provide space, promotional support, and supervision during the event. The free events are also co-sponsored by AlligatorZone™ Academy, which runs workshops in select locations for younsters to explore pathways to an entrepreneurial mindset.